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The future of the data centre explored

The importance, role and functionality of data centres will change over the next five years, leaving many organisations unclear on how to plan their future data centre architectures, according Gartner, Inc. Gartner said technical, fiscal and service delivery concerns will be critical and organisations should plan around eight forces to shape their best data centre strategies.

Published in Cloud + MS Colocation/Hosting DC Facilities + Colo Design + Optimisation

£375 Is the average UK Christmas budget and over 50% of it will be spent online.

Published in Cloud + MS Colocation/Hosting DC Facilities + Colo Design + Optimisation

Growing corporate confidence coupled with sustained demand by Cloud providers continues to drive new interest for data centre services, with London and Frankfurt leading the way, according to research from global property advisor CBRE. Across the five key markets of London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Paris and Madrid, a total of 8,090 sq m of data space was transacted in the third quarter (Q3) of 2013, a total which is 51% higher than Q3 last year.

Hybrid IT: the marriage made in heaven for the SME

Vendors back view of the Cloud Industry Forum that hybrid IT is the prevailing deployment model for the foreseeable future.

Published in Cloud + MS Infrastructure Security Storage

And first out of the block is CTO Tim Keanini of security intelligence specialist, Lancope, whose New Year predictions suggest that security intelligence will become a core part of business intelligence and management as threat modes get more cunning and scary.

Published in Cloud + MS Colocation/Hosting Security Security + Compliance Security-as-a-Service

Zscaler, the global security cloud for the mobile enterprise, and Easynet Global Services, the managed cloud infrastructure provider, have announced a partnership to deliver Zscaler’s Direct-to-Cloud Network (DCN) security to Easynet’s customers to meet the growing demand for globally-secured Internet access and policy enforcement in EMEA.